The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 4

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 4

The Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

Actually, ‘The Starting Forest’ is quite a dangerous place.

Of course, that’s by level 3 standards.

[You have taken damage from a ‘Wild Reindeer’.]

[Your health decreases.]

But if it’s the freeloading hero Dave, armed with an iron shovel and wearing Bburing Chicken around his neck…

[You have dealt critical damage to the ‘Wild Reindeer’!]

Even at level 3, the story was a bit different.

[You have successfully defeated the ‘Wild Reindeer’!]

In his eyes, the violent reindeer was nothing more than an excellent ATM that spat out a cabbage leaf every time he caught one.

[You have obtained the item ‘Rough Beast Hide’.]

[You have obtained the item ‘Broken Beast Horn’.]

Why a cabbage leaf, you ask?

Well, because the average value of items dropped by ‘Wild Reindeer’ feels like about 1LP.

‘Ugh, did I already catch them all?’

So it was quite disappointing.

The fact that Wild Reindeer weren’t commonly appearing monsters.

Regular reindeer without modifiers were scattered everywhere, but Wild Reindeer were quite rare, appearing about one in every five.

Because they’re rare creatures, the market prices for the junk items they drop are a bit more established…

If only they’d spawn a bit better just for today, wouldn’t that be nice?

‘Still, I did make quite a bit.’

Looking roughly at the items I’ve looted so far, if I sell them all, it seems like I could get over 7LP.

That’s money earned in just two hours, so in terms of hourly wage, it’s a whopping 35,000 won.

“Wow…!”

If I spend the whole day burning through deer, I could earn a daily wage of over 300,000 won.

Suddenly, dopamine starts gushing like a fountain.

‘This is… freeloading heroism?’

Maybe the reason I couldn’t unleash my talent was because I lacked motivation?

If fairies had given me some cash every time I leveled up, I might have already caught the demon king and returned home hundreds of years ago, right?

“…”

Enough fantasizing, time to return to reality.

Actually, I can’t keep making money like this just by continuously hunting reindeer.

It’s not like monsters spawn infinitely like in a real game, and if I keep supplying reindeer byproducts, the prices will drop too.

So I need to stop thinking stupid thoughts and move toward the next plan I had originally thought of.

‘Actually, searching for more violent reindeer here would be a loss.’

Looking at my experience points, I’m almost at level 5.

And from level 5 onward, there’s a ‘next step’ I’ve designed in advance for freeloading.

So first, let me hit level 5…

Ding-!

[You gain experience points.]

[Your level has increased.]

[You have reached level 5.]

[The ‘Traits’ tab has been unlocked.]

[From now on, you can acquire ‘Traits’ using ‘Trait Points’.]

I immediately opened the traits tab.

[You have opened the ‘Traits’ tab.]

[Remaining ‘Trait Points’: 1 point.]

Countless trait lists appeared before my eyes, but I didn’t need to read them.

Why?

Because I memorized them all long ago.

I had already decided what to pick even before entering the Gate.

So I immediately invested the point.

Ding-!

[You have acquired the ‘Butchering Expert’ trait.]

[From now on, you can ‘butcher’ monster corpses.]

I think this was on the ‘traits you should never pick’ list on the Awakener Wiki…

-Butchering Expert-

Trait Rank: F

Unless you’re planning to open a butcher shop in Lyka, there’s absolutely no reason to pick this trait.

Rather than picking this…

It probably received such harsh evaluation because it’s a trait with absolutely no spec-up elements.

“Hehe.”

But that’s fine.

I’m a freeloading hero who’s not particularly interested in saving the world.

‘Well, it’s not like I’m going to hunt Death Knights.’

If I can sell my future glory to triple my current hourly wage, wouldn’t that be the right path for freeloading?

Well, traits can be reset later if really necessary.

So for now, let’s enjoy this.

[This is the corpse of a looted ‘Wild Reindeer’.]

[You can activate the trait ‘Butchering Expert’.]

[Do you wish to proceed?]

Two harvests from one corpse!

Money gets duplicated?

[Beginning ‘butchering’ of the ‘Wild Reindeer’ corpse.]

[The corpse is in good condition, increasing butchering success rate.]

Moreover, later when I can farm wyvern nests, only players with this ‘butchering’ trait can farm Dragon Bone.

It seems like there are hardly any players on the Earth server who know this yet.

If they knew, they never could have given this trait an F rank.

But aren’t wyverns stronger than orcs or ogres?

Of course they are.

They’re on the lower tier among dragon species, but they’re still dragons, so you can’t compare them to mere orcs and ogres…

Come to think of it, wyverns seem a bit too far ahead.

Just because I made some money, I’m already failing to know my place.

I think I need to show some restraint.

[Current progress: 0%…1%…15%…100%!]

[Butchering successful!]

I was humming while thinking such thoughts…

But an unexpected problem arose.

[Using equipment unsuitable for ‘butchering’ has damaged the spoils.]

[You have obtained the item ‘Broken Deer Antler’.]

Using a shovel for butchering…

The premium part got broken.

* * *

Siyul Lee, an ordinary job seeker from South Korea, was living intense days every day.

Waking up early in the morning for a light jog, taking a refreshing shower, then heading straight to the Study Hall.

After concentrating on studying by listening to online lectures all morning at the Study Hall, eating lunch, then attending job-seeking study group meetings.

After the study group ended, going to about two academies, then coming home exhausted – that was her daily routine.

“So let’s brighten up and enjoy today. We haven’t met in so long, why do you look so gloomy?”

But today was a rare day of indulgence for me.

Though by indulgence, I mean having maratang instead of kimbap for lunch.

And watching a movie with my few close friends, Hyeonwoo Jung, instead of going to job hunting study sessions…

Even that made me feel uncomfortable.

As an adult, I was all too aware that our family’s financial situation wasn’t good.

“Sigh. Hard to enjoy myself when I have to worry about Mom and Dad’s feelings.”

The only positive thing was that our family had recently experienced some good news for the first time in a while.

My older brother, who had gone missing ten years ago, had miraculously returned, bringing brightness back to our parents’ faces after so long.

“But things have gotten better at home lately, right?”

“That’s… true.”

I had once resented my older brother for suddenly disappearing, but… I was genuinely happy and grateful that he had returned.

Though I was a bit worried since he seemed to be doing strange things these past few days.

‘Come to think of it, he’s been searching for stuff about Gates all the time lately… He’s not planning to do something weird, is he?’

Well, he was spouting nonsense about making money using his hero experience…

There was no way someone who wasn’t an Awakened could enter a Gate, but I couldn’t help feeling anxious.

It was hard to know how much to trust my older brother, who said things that didn’t seem quite right while also appearing perfectly normal.

While I was thinking about this, my friend started talking nonsense.

“Hehe, don’t worry too much, Siru. Just wait a little longer and this hyung will take care of you.”

“What are you talking about now?”

“This is a secret, but… actually, I asked to meet today to tell you about this.”

“What…?”

This made me even more anxious.

“I entered a Gate last week, you know?”

“What did you say?”

“I’m saying this hyung will become a ranker soon and hire you as my manager, so just wait a little.”

“Are you crazy?”

Siru was quite shocked after hearing his friend’s story.

He had only learned today that his closest friend Hyeonwoo Jung was an Awakened.

“You absolutely cannot tell my sister about this, okay? You know that, right?”

“What are you saying. I’m going to call Sister Yeoreum right now.”

“No! Please, really!”

At the same time, an ominous premonition inevitably came to mind.

‘Could it be that bastard Geon-ryul Lee is also… He wasn’t serious about that hero stuff, was he?’

The moment he thought that his mother’s son might actually be an Awakened too.

Drip-

Cold sweat ran down Siru’s spine.

* * *

There was a terrible(?) incident where the antler broke, but everything went smoothly after that.

Once I got myself a pocket knife, such mishaps never happened again.

Thanks to that, the Bone Extraction trait showed performance beyond my expectations, and my inventory quickly became heavy with this self-drop doubling event.

Because of this, I hunted without noticing time passing.

And thinking about the cycles in the beta version…

This was an impossible situation.

‘The Starting Forest grinding is fun? Does this make sense?’

Actually, among all the sections of ‘playing’ this Lyka world…

Originally, the most boring section was precisely this Starting Forest grinding section.

From the 4-5 level section where experience requirements increased exponentially, to level 20, the maximum level you could grow to before changing classes.

This section, where you had to repeatedly hunt with no particular quests available, was definitely among the most difficult memories even within the infinitely repeating hero’s life.

So I couldn’t understand the current situation at all.

Ding-!

[Opening inventory.]

Beating down the forest’s prey and diligently farming with the Bone Extraction trait.

I never could have imagined that I would feel such incredible fun from this routine of neatly organizing the spoils I obtained in my inventory.

‘Wow, this should be close to 50LP at this rate?’

The results were too good from the first day.

Earning 50LP in one day starting with nothing was far beyond my target level, but…

Ding-!

[Experience gained.]

[Level up.]

[You have reached level 9.]

The leveling speed was also at an unbelievable level.

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<Player Information>

[Information]

Name: Dave

(Dave#GARQW)

Race: Human

Age: 26

Level: 9

Class: None

Title: Giant Slayer

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Even though I had invested quite a bit of time in bone extraction each time.

“Already level 9?”

I really had no idea I would do this well.

Why did I underestimate myself?

Because when I actually played the beta version, I wasn’t this good.

‘Level 9 on the first day… I was never this fast in any cycle.’

Even in the most recent cycle where I had become completely stagnant, usually reaching level 9-10 was a second-day thing.

When I was with the fairy, I focused only on growth while sleeping 6 hours a day…

The level I reached after almost 30 hours was level 10, which is my current level.

So this seems like about 3 times faster pace.

Could this be a difference in mindset?

‘Though the difference seems too big for that to be the case.’

Honestly, I’m not sure how this is possible.

The official server shouldn’t be easier than the beta version.

It seems like some talent I didn’t know about awakened when I returned to Earth.

‘Well, good things are good things.’

So now I can defeat not just wyverns but even the Demon King?

As if.

If an F-rank hero gained enlightenment… maybe I’m about E-rank now?

So I think it’s just that I can earn money a bit more easily now.

Yeah, I think that’s just about right.

“Hmm.”

With such thoughts, I returned to the village and organized my entire inventory, and I had exactly 53LP in my possession.

[Current LP Holdings: 53 LP]

With a satisfied expression, I write up my work log.

To earn money steadily without wasting it, keeping a household budget is essential.

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 <Day 1 Work Log>

Total Revenue: 71LP

Expenses: 18LP

-Expense Details-

Bereshit Return Scroll: 10LP

Sturdy Iron Shovel: 5LP

Sharp Pocket Knife: 3LP

Operating Profit: 53LP

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More important than how I made money was where I spent it.

I absolutely couldn’t tolerate money leaking away uselessly.

In that sense, today’s work log is perfect.

I had an additional 3LP expense for purchasing a deboning knife, but I think it was a sufficiently justified investment.

Anyway, about 10 hours had passed since I logged in.

Ding-!

[Logout Location: Starting Village – Bereshit]

I finally decided to clock out.

[‘Dave’ has logged out.]

When I came outside, the sun had already set.

I hadn’t originally planned to stay that long.

But what can you do when something’s fun?

“Hehehe.”

But just because I clocked out doesn’t mean my day was over.

There was one thing left to do.

After leaving the Gate, I found myself on the subway, heading toward Seoul Station.

You might wonder where I’m going when the sun has already set…

I’m going to exchange the money I earned today.

I prefer KRW over LP, you see.

Ding-a-ling- Ding-a-ling-

-Next stop is Dongdaemun History & Culture Park. This is Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station.

-Passengers getting off…

It’s only about eight o’clock, so it’s not late enough for my parents to worry.

If I exchange the LP and order some chicken, wouldn’t Father be happy?

If he asks where the money came from, I’ll just say I did a day job at a friend’s company or something.

I plan to tell them honestly about earning money in Gates only after I make at least hundreds of millions.

When I’ve made so much money that it would be hard for them to tell me not to enter Gates.

Lost in such thoughts, I arrived at Seoul Station before I knew it, and finding my destination wasn’t too difficult.

[Tower of the Constellations – Gate Management Bureau]

It wouldn’t have been easy to miss the massive pillar of pure white light towering over the plaza in front of Seoul Station.

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